As per Relevance of the word responsibility, we have this rfc below:
Network Working Group Internet Activities
Request for Comments: 1087 January 1989
Ethics and the
Status of this
This memo is a statement of policy by the Internet Activities
(IAB) concerning the proper use of the resources of the Internet
Distribution of this memo is unlimited
At great human and economic cost, resources drawn from the U.S
Government, industry and the academic community have been
into a collection of interconnected networks called the Internet
Begun as a vehicle for experimental network research in the mid
1970's, the Internet has become an important national
supporting an increasingly widespread, multi-disciplinary
of researchers ranging, inter alia, from computer scientists
electrical engineers to mathematicians, physicists,
researchers, chemists, astronomers and space scientists
As is true of other common infrastructures (e.g., roads,
reservoirs and delivery systems, and the power generation
distribution network), there is widespread dependence on the
by its users for the support of day-to-day research activities
The reliable operation of the Internet and the responsible use of
resources is of common interest and concern for its users,
and sponsors. Recent events involving the hosts on the Internet
in similar network infrastructures underscore the need to
the professional responsibility every Internet user bears
colleagues and to the sponsors of the system. Many of the
resources are provided by the U.S. Government. Abuse of the
thus becomes a Federal matter above and beyond simple
ethics
IAB Statement of
The Internet is a national facility whose utility is largely
consequence of its wide availability and accessibility
Irresponsible use of this critical resource poses an enormous
to its continued availability to the technical community
The U.S. Government sponsors of this system have a
responsibility to the public to allocate government resources
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RFC 1087 Ethics and the Internet January 1989
and effectively. Justification for the support of this
suffers when highly disruptive abuses occur. Access to and use
the Internet is a privilege and should be treated as such by
users of this system
The IAB strongly endorses the view of the Division Advisory Panel
the National Science Foundation Division of Network,
Research and Infrastructure which, in paraphrase, characterized
unethical and unacceptable any activity which purposely
(a) seeks to gain unauthorized access to the resources of
Internet
(b) disrupts the intended use of the Internet
(c) wastes resources (people, capacity, computer) through
actions
(d) destroys the integrity of computer-based information
and/
(e) compromises the privacy of users
The Internet exists in the general research milieu. Portions of
continue to be used to support research and experimentation
networking. Because experimentation on the Internet has
potential to affect all of its components and users, researchers
the responsibility to exercise great caution in the conduct of
work. Negligence in the conduct of Internet-wide experiments is
irresponsible and unacceptable
The IAB plans to take whatever actions it can, in concert
Federal agencies and other interested parties, to identify and to
up technical and procedural mechanisms to make the Internet
resistant to disruption. Such security, however, may be
expensive and may be counterproductive if it inhibits the free
of information which makes the Internet so valuable. In the
analysis, the health and well-being of the Internet is
responsibility of its users who must, uniformly, guard against
which disrupt the system and threaten its long-term viability
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